LOVE IS FOREVER (1983)

Based on true events Michael Landon portrays real-life journalist John Everingham who while working in Laos in 1977 is accused of espionage by the repressive Cambodian government. He is tortured and expelled from the Communist-controlled country but he cannot forget Keo Sirisomphone (Moira Chen) the Laotian woman he loves. Everingham contacts scuba instructor Derek McBracken (Edward Woodward) and enlists his aid in a plan to rescue Keo. One year after being ejected from the volatile territory Everingham attempts a return to Laos by swimming across the Mekong River.